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Monday, November 2, 2009

Pot Holder Seat Belt Covers -- TUTORIAL

My sister and her son came over to visit the other day, and I noticed this on his neck:

OUCH! It's from his seatbelt! Being the sew-y, stitchy, crafty types we are, my sister and I decided we'd better make him some seat belt covers that very day. But we didn't have a lot of time -- especially with all the littles running around!

Then I had a flash of brilliance! I had previously purchased these cute pot holders ($1 at Target!!), and they were perfect for the job!

STEP ONE: Divide your pot holders into thirds and sew straight lines. This will help your covers fold around the seatbelt nicely.

STEP TWO: Attach velcro -- The soft side will go on the folded edge (left in photo) and the scratchy side will go on the flap that folds over (right in photo). I happened to have some blue velcro ($1 at JoAnn's) on hand!

Your covers should fold over and close nicely.

TA-DA! Five minutes, tops!

MUCH better!!

(These covers will work for a toddler-size child quite nicely. They'll be too long for a newborn!)

This is the project that got me started on an entire week's worth ofPOT HOLDER CRAFTS!~~Stay Tuned!!~~

That made me so sad for the cute little boy to see his sad neck. I'm sure my children had the same issues, but I can't remember. I think this is a great idea for anyone, my mother has issues with the strap on her neck all the time. She could use this too.

Saw you on U-Create this morning-- just in time for a 24 hour road trip across country with a 9 month old... wish us luck! I think this project will help sleeping in the car seat a bit easier too. Thank you!!!

Hi there. I was looking around on bloggs and found yours and I just have to say that i really like all the ideas you have. Im from sweden and I have a lot of free time for stuff like this now when im home with my 4 months old son. So thanks for the great ideas.

I just made a bunch of these. So easy and functional! Mym mom got in a car accident last week and the seat belt gave her one heck of a bruise. This will help her ride in comfort again. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I needed these for myself during mastectomy surgery recovery, and later a porta-cath that was in the chest wall. I made up some makeshift ones that work perfectly (synthetic sheepskin with velcro on the back) but yours are pretty, close up smoother than mine, and easy to whip up to share with future survivors, in a "post surgery care package". Thanks! Jan, an occupational therapist